Community school · Sunderland

Usworth Colliery Primary School

4–11Ages
333Pupils
PrimaryPhase
108799URN

Manor Road, Sulgrave, Washington, NE37 3BL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded GoodJan 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.4per place

close to Sunderland median (1.5)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Sunderland

62 applications for 43 places · 45th of 73 in Sunderland

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

69%met the expected standard

Sunderland 68% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded GoodJan 2020

Standards maintainedUngraded inspection · Jan 2025

The graded inspection, 15 January 2020Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

8 January 2025
Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
15 January 2020
Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

1.4applications per place, Reception

close to Sunderland median (1.5) 0.8 below England median (2.2)

62 applications · 43 places offered · 43 named it first

2026 1.4; Sunderland median median 1.5
2025 1.4; Sunderland median median 1.6
2024 1.3; Sunderland median median 1.6
2023 1.5; Sunderland median median 1.5
2022 1.6; Sunderland median median 1.6
2021 1.6; Sunderland median median 1.6
2020 2.1; Sunderland median median 2.1
2019 1.8; Sunderland median median 2.0
2018 1.7; Sunderland median median 2.0
2017 1.7; Sunderland median median 2.0
2016 2.0; Sunderland median median 2.1
2015 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.9
2014 1.7; Sunderland median median 1.8

More applications per place than the Sunderland median in 0 of 13 years.

This school
Sunderland median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	43	62	1.4	43	1.00
Sep 2025	41	56	1.4	41	1.00
Sep 2024	39	49	1.3	38	0.97
Sep 2023	43	64	1.5	38	0.88
Sep 2022	39	61	1.6	39	1.00
Sep 2021	40	62	1.6	39	0.98
Sep 2020	35	75	2.1	35	1.00
Sep 2019	43	78	1.8	43	1.00
Sep 2018	54	90	1.7	54	1.00
Sep 2017	60	102	1.7	62	1.03
Sep 2016	53	106	2.0	52	0.98
Sep 2015	52	88	1.7	50	0.96
Sep 2014	59	98	1.7	57	0.97

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 79% · Writing 69% · Maths 83% → all three 69% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard69%32nd of 73 in Sunderland

Sunderland 68% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard79%

Sunderland 78% England 78%

Higher standard48%

Sunderland 34% England 33%

Average scaled score 109 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard69%

Sunderland 76% England 75%

Greater depth10%

Sunderland 16% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard83%

Sunderland 81% England 77%

Higher standard40%

Sunderland 25% England 24%

Average scaled score 110 (100 = expected standard)

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Sunderland median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	69%	6%	109	110
2023/24	51%	0%	105	103
2022/23	48%	10%	106	104

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Usworth Colliery Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Standards maintained2025

1.4applications per place 69%met the SATs standard
St Bede's Catholic Primary School, Washington
0.5 km · Sunderland

Good2024

1.9applications per place 80%met the SATs standard
Marlborough Primary School
0.6 km · Sunderland

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.7applications per place 20%met the SATs standard
George Washington Primary School
1.3 km · Sunderland

Standards maintained2025

1.8applications per place 62%met the SATs standard
Albany Village Primary School
1.5 km · Sunderland

Remains Good2023

1.5applications per place 57%met the SATs standard
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Washington
1.5 km · Sunderland

Good2023

2.3applications per place 72%met the SATs standard
Barmston Village Primary School
1.7 km · Sunderland

Good2023

1.3applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Wessington Primary School
1.9 km · Sunderland

Remains Good2023

1.4applications per place 23%met the SATs standard
John F Kennedy Primary School
2.0 km · Sunderland

2026

1.9applications per place 65%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Community school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 108799 · 394/2115
Capacity: 420 pupils · 333 on roll
Free school meals: 51.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision: Resourced provision
Address: Manor Road, Sulgrave, Washington, NE37 3BL
Local authority: Sunderland

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources